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Coppersmith
$48,617 (USD)/yr
$23.37 (USD)/hr
$1,410 (USD)/yr
The average coppersmith gross salary in Birmingham, Alabama is $48,617 or an equivalent hourly rate of $23. This is 6% lower (-$3,368) than the average coppersmith salary in the United States. In addition, they earn an average bonus of $1,410. Salary estimates based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Birmingham, Alabama. An entry level coppersmith (1-3 years of experience) earns an average salary of $36,006. On the other end, a senior level coppersmith (8+ years of experience) earns an average salary of $59,103.
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Salary Potential
$54,609 (USD)
12 %
Based on our compensation data, the estimated salary potential for Coppersmith will increase 12 % over 5 years.
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Coppersmith, the majority at 100% with less than hss.
Typical Field of Study: Pipefitting/Pipefitter and Sprinkler Fitter Training
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The cost of living in Birmingham, Alabama is 8% less than the average cost of living in the United States. Cost of living is calculated based on accumulating the cost of food, transportation, health services, rent, utilities, taxes, and miscellaneous.
View Cost of Living PageBirmingham ( BUR-ming-ham) is a city in the north central region of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2022 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 196,910, down 2% from the 2020 census, making it Alabama's third-most populous city after Huntsville and Montgomery. The broader Birmingham metropolitan area had a 2020 population of 1,115,289, and is the largest metropolitan area in Alabama as well as the 50th-most populous in the United...
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Job Description
Lays out, cuts, bends, and assembles pipe sections, pipefittings, and other parts from copper, brass, and other nonferrous metals: lays out full-scale floor drawings or makes templates, following blueprints of pipe assemblies. Builds framework on bending slab to use as guide for bending, shaping, and joining assemblies. Cuts pipe, using handtools or shop machinery, and packs it with sand, rosin,... or other material to prevent flattening during bending. Heats bend area with gas torch to soften metal and bends pipe, allowing for stretch at outside radius and compression at inside radius, using pipe-bending machines. Reheats and hammers pipe to eliminate wrinkles resulting from bending. Solders or brazes flanges on end of pipe. Flares or bells pipe mouths, using belling and flaring tools and mallet. Bends tubing to form coils for parts, such as feed water or oil heater. Lays out patterns and templates on sheet stock, using knowledge of geometry. Bends, hammers, bumps, razes, and planishes sheet stock to fabricate such parts as expansion joints, tanks, heads, cowls, and air chambers, using handtools, gas torches, and shop machinery. Sweats, rivets, solders, or brazes seams to obtain finished part. Coats parts by dipping them in mixture of molten tin and lead to prevent erosion, galvanic, and electrolytic action. Conducts hydrostatic tests to detect leaks in fabricated pipe. May install piping aboard ship.
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